M83's 'Midnight City' and Smash Mouth's 'Allstar' Are So Similar It's Scary

MONDAY, JULY 28, 2014|

Posted by: Matt Howard

There's a thin line that separates the hip from the criminally uncool. In elementary school, it was how many straps you used to carry a backpack; in college it was how many beers you could funnel on homecoming morning; in music, it's a single BPM. Some kind YouTuber illustrated this by overlapping M83's 2011 scene anthem "Midnight City" with an abominable counterpart, Smashmouth's "Allstar". Listen below and your life will never be the same again...